Poor to rich?

I'm pretty much broke at the minute. I'm a student with a job so I am better off than others, I pay for my apartment by myself as well as college through my wages. I have a plan and am fully confident that by the time I am finished studying I will be ready to work even harder and get the job that suits me and no have any money worries. It may seem a little naive but I'm confident that my hard work and difficult choices (emigration?) I'm going to be faced with will pay off.

Essentially what I'm trying to say is to the OP, when I get to that position I'm going to look back at everything I've done and say I deserve this and not feel any guilt or find the sensation bizarre. I will look back and observe it as a natural progression and not let what anyone thinks change that.

I'm sure you fully deserve whatever position you are in as well as the financial security that comes with it. I wouldn't let anyone else change how I felt about my situation.